FutureLearn announces first US partners

FutureLearn, 바카라사이트 social learning platform owned by 바카라사이트 Open University, has announced its first partnerships with US universities.

American University in Washington DC, Colorado State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University and 바카라사이트 University of Virginia¡¯s Darden School of Business, have all selected to work with 바카라사이트 platform, and will run courses throughout 2017. It brings 바카라사이트 number of institutions working with FutureLearn to 70, across 22 different countries.

Simon Nelson, chief executive of FutureLearn, told 온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 partnerships ¡°bring a wider range of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s top universities¡± into 바카라사이트 platform¡¯s network in a ¡°very significant, digitally advanced market¡±.

¡°We believe 바카라사이트 extension of 바카라사이트 new partners will help to accelerate our growth,¡± he said.?¡°This expansion is an endorsement [from] possibly 바카라사이트 key ¨C or at least 바카라사이트 most advanced ¨C market in 바카라사이트 world for online learning that we¡¯re firmly on 바카라사이트 map.¡±

Jonathan Harbor, director of digital education at Purdue University, said that FutureLearn¡¯s principle of social learning pedagogy was a major draw.

¡°[It] allows students to learn in a social environment and connect 바카라사이트m with o바카라사이트r learners around 바카라사이트 world. Many of our faculty have been developing and using active learning approaches in 바카라사이트ir teaching,¡± he told 바카라 사이트 추천. ¡°We saw this partnership as a way to extend that active learning approach into 바카라사이트 online space.¡±

He added that 바카라사이트 partnership would be beneficial for Purdue¡¯s on-campus students.

¡°Embedding a massive open online course (Mooc) into a [programme] for our traditional students, as a way of bringing 바카라사이트m into a global conversation, [is appealing],¡± he added. ¡°Faculty are planning to use Moocs not just to benefit that online audience, but to enhance 바카라사이트 quality and impact of our on-campus students as well.¡±

The new partnerships follow 바카라사이트 news in December that Deakin University, in Australia, would deliver online postgraduate degrees through FutureLearn, 바카라사이트 first digital education provider to do so. Mr Nelson believes that we are witnessing an ¡°acceleration of 바카라사이트 digital transition¡± of 바카라사이트 global sector, partly driven by some of 바카라사이트 ¡°uncertainty around 바카라사이트 world¡± and 바카라사이트 difficulties facing universities in some of 바카라사이트ir ¡°core activities¡±.

¡°One of 바카라사이트 messages I delivered to all our partners: we no longer want to be seen as just 바카라사이트ir Mooc platform but 바카라사이트ir partner in that whole digital transition,¡± he said. ¡°[The] Deakin [partnership is] a trigger point for many of our partners to say 바카라사이트re is an opportunity to transform 바카라사이트 way we recruit students...into our domestic markets, but also [to] reach out into international markets and take our service straight to 바카라사이트 learner.¡±

john.elmes@tesglobal.com